The Gift by Li-Young Lee

When his father was pulling the metal splinter from his palm he told him a story.

• True

• False

The father told his son the story in a ___________ voice.

• loud

• soft

• low

• high

The boy will never forget the tale his father told him that day.

• True

• False

Now the young boy is a grown man and a husband.

• True

• False

At the end of the point he explain how we now helps his wife with her.....

• back problems

• stress and anxiety

• lifting a splitter out of her hand

• a cold

After the father took the boy's splinter out, the boy:

• thanked him

• kissed him

• hugged him

• all of the above

After the husband lifted his wife's splinter out of her hand, what did the wife do?

• kissed him

• hugged him

• thanked him

• the poem does not say

The speaker of the poem describes his fathers hands as a measure of tenderness and discipline.

• True

• False

What does the speaker of the poem (the 7 year old boy) remember about his father?

Why do you the author titled this poem, The gift?